Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
My Purehealth blog that has been going now for over 20 years! Anything to do with health and wellbeing, I share news, views, research, comment, recipes and tons of stuff that I think could help you or your loved ones. Use the search to find what you need; I’ve no doubt written about it somewhere!
Many women feel crap when put on a contraceptive or HRT that contains progesterone. Why is that? I was asked about the issue of progesterone intolerance the other day and thought it might be useful to share what I said to them. Essentially, you need to have oestrogen and progesterone in hormone treatments but many …
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I am often asked about bloating after meals and one thing to consider for that is how the gallbladder is doing. Many people miss this. I've written a Gallbladder factsheet here for you, but also saw a great run down of gallbladder markers on blood tests that can show up an issue. From Optimal Dx: …
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ALL OK NOW, THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE Quick note for you if you are currently doing tests: PLEASE NOTE THAT REGENERUS/OMNOS AND POSSIBLY OTHER LABS ARE HAVING CUSTOMS DELAYS WHEN POSTING SAMPLES TO THE US, DUE TO THEIR NEW RULES CURRENTLY. HOLD OFF SENDING ANY SAMPLES UNTIL I GET MORE INFO AND WILL POST HERE, …
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We are constantly told how important a sense of purpose is to us in life. Without one, we can become depressed and, sort-of, rudderless. I totally agree with that. But how do you find a sense of purpose, and what if you just lose it? I think there can be lots of factors in this …
If you are/have been a lovely paid subscriber, love you to bits, but I have cancelled all future subscriptions. So, no payments should come out via WordPress or Substack, hopefully - WordPress cocked up the porting of you over and, to be honest, I'd rather you buy me a coffee when you feel like it …
I started putting a load of new stuff on the shop for you - and then ran out of space lolol! So, instead, I have created an updated My Favourites resources page for you. The hope is that, when you need something that you know will work, you'll go to My Favourites page and find …
Fascinating reading some of Dr Bruce Hoffman's work this week on cell danger response and healing. Much of it is pretty complex but I liked his advice about diet and eating seasonally: Food carries the light signature of its season. Aligning your diet with nature’s cycles restores metabolic harmony... and gives your mitochondria the signal …
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That's a very common question, isn't it? Very often, when we take some steps to heal ourselves, especially if it's from something chronic, we can feel worse rather than better. Why is that? There are several reasons and I'll go over some of them maybe in a series of posts, but the main one I …
And... back to the blog, individual posts and a simpler, soothing life for all, lol! Photo by Judit Peter on Pexels.com Well, here I am doing individual posts back on the blog. (Here's a welcome post for those not on Substack and new here on the blog x). I have a tidy mind, as you …
A mini newsletter? Thanks for those of you who sent feedback on whether you prefer a Purehealth weekly newsletter or separate, more frequent posts. As per, about half and half, lol! So, here’s a compromise - a mini newsletter! Subscriber question: Seed oils - should we use them or not? This is a perennial question. …